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Amazon is going to dominate the next decade. It's a wonderful business trading at a discount to it's true ability to create cash earnings. My thesis is that traditional methods of valuation that work for most companies don't work for Amazon. This misunderstanding between market 'conservatives' or 'traditionalists' .. so called value oriented investors (of which I consider myself a part) is currently reflected in the share price today, and it's a mistake. Second, the firm has reached a point of inflection, where scale will now provide growth of earnings far in excess of growth in sales. This multiyear catalyst provides a fundamental basis for significant share price appreciation. submitted by soundofreedom to investmentDD [link] [comments] To understand why Amazon presents such a compelling investment opportunity, one must understand what is currently transpiring in two specific and unique business segments. E-commerce and Cloud Computing. Many of you are probably familiar with at least the former. The latter is foreign territory to most. E-Commerce: Why Amazon is prepared to conquer the next decade in retail. Traditional retail or brick and mortar (B&M from here on out) is still the dominant form of consumer spending in the U.S. and will be for some time. As of Q3 2019, total retail spend amounts to $5.4 Trillion dollar for the prior 12 months. E-commerce amounts to merely 11.2% of this amount (on a run rate basis.) While the size remains relatively small, e-commerce is growing in the mid-teens year over year, or now 5% quarter to quarter and the rate of growth is accelerating. The rate of E-commerce growth has doubled in 12 months. To understand why this is the case, a qualitative evaluation of the differences between the two is critical. B&M requires physical space that is expensive to build and maintain. It requires uniformed, reliable, friendly and knowledgeable staff. It requires the deliberate presentation of inventory and restocking, amounting to a unique challenge to the retailer of determining layout of shelf space, product mix and promotion. It's costly for the consumer too. They have to drive there, walk in, and find what they are looking for. This requires owning a car or putting up with public transportation. This can take a significant amount of time. There are some hidden costs too, without E-commerce, price discovery is a pain in the ass. Something retailers are keenly aware of. Here's something interesting about humans and economics. In economics, for a long time, we've modeled humans like they're these perfect rational beings. Ideally.. they'll drive down the road to a different store to get 3% off of whatever they're buying. Ideally. And you will do that for a car. But in reality, if it's 3% off a bag of chips, it's not worth the hassle. It's too expensive to go get $.14 of savings when you have to drive another 10 minutes to another grocery, walk in to figure it out if you're actually saving the most money.. consumers don't do that. Consumers don't engage in price discovery on most of their small dollar purchases, they don't do that with traditional retail, because it's too costly in time and effort. There's too much friction in the trade-off. The value proposition of E-commerce is that it saves consumers time and money. Getting in the car, loading the kids in the back, driving, parking, and then hunting for what you want, making sure you are getting a fair price, E-commerce throws all of that out the window. The value proposition for retailers too, is that it saves them time and money. There are plenty of retailers currently taking an omni-channel approach to retail, those who want to shop in person get to, those who shop online can do that too.. everybody wins. Given the advent of mobile computing more than a decade ago, many big box retailers also adopted a price match strategy, if you can find it online for the same price? Best Buy, Micro Center etc. they'll match it to keep you as a customer. But that's the extent of it, try going to Kroger and arguing with the cashier about Albersons having a 3/$5 deal on Frito Lay Potato Chips.. that ain't happening. Amazon isn't Ecommerce, they are a part of it. Their strategy is different than the whole. They are technically omni-channel. However the little B&M they've done mostly as R&D experiment, more on Whole Foods in a minute. The Amazon E-Commerce thesis is this: At the end of the day, most consumer purchases are commodity purchases. They are small dollar items that are easily replicated. This segment of retail has yet to be disrupted by E-Commerce until now. It overlaps with specialty retail and big box items almost seamlessly from a logistical standpoint. The revenue streams are more stable than specialty retail, and it presents a massive opportunity in the long run. I had the chance to speak with a finance manager at Frito-Lay (subsidiary of PepsiCo) years back after Amazon bought Whole Foods. Amazon had been attempting for years to get the same products you see in any Kroger or Albertsons onto their platform. For a variety of reasons, PepsiCo would not play ball with Amazon. It amounted to channel conflicts between the big established players vs. the disruptive incumbent. What Pepsico had done to Amazon, had been done by Proctor and Gamble, Nestle, Kellogg, and many more. The purchase of Whole Foods was a big F U, a "we'll do it live" moment.. a Leeroy Jenkins. So you won't let us into your club? Fine, we'll do it ourselves. Grocer's panicked and for good reason. They were the reason Amazon had been held at bay for so long. They'd used their absolute size for many years to prevent E-commerce retailers from getting the same product mix at the same price online. Amazon responded by entering their territory, in buying a physical grocery chain. Grocer's fear was real and warranted, however the truly brilliant component of this purchase was that Amazon purchased for themselves a supply chain for grocery and private label products (365 brand.) Fast forward a couple years and Amazon now has over four hundred private label brands, more than twenty three thousand individual SKUs and 1.4 Million reviews of these products/brands. That entire article is worth a thorough read. Each product line represents a moonshot where amazon can collect both sides of margin on a private label product that disrupts traditional brands. Often it goes well, sometimes it does not, but the platform allows them to poke holes in each product category, and cannibalize the producer surplus of other more expensive branded product in the process. They don't have to advertise, market or promote any of this either.. yet it's already getting plenty of attention. We normally don't do politics here on investmentDD, but imho if Elisabeth Warren is criticizing a company they must be doing something right. Here is a compelling example of how Amazon can undercut a premium brand with it's store brand knock off. And there's nothing Allbirds can do about it. Amazon has built out an infrastructure of warehouses (which are relatively cheaper to maintain on a $/sf basis than traditional B&M retail space) and delivery drivers to meet the daily needs of consumers accustomed to B&M retail. They've disinter-mediated the entire process. You do not need a car, you don't have to be nice to the person behind the counter, or go hunting for that specific product you need on aisle 9, or check to see if the price is competitive or on deal. You can just type it in to your phone in 5 seconds, and see quickly who has the best deal. Turns out (and this is from experience) 9/10 times Amazon has the best deal and they'll ship it that day or the next. For the consumer, it amounts to savings in both time and money. What the data shows is that we are experiencing rapid change in slow motion. E-commerce is growing explosively here in the U.S. however it's still of relatively small scale, that it will take some time before eclipsing B&M retail. Second, the data shows this rate of growth is accelerating, and has doubled in the last year or so. Traditional retail is not going to disappear entirely either. There are plenty of Amazon proof businesses for now. Hair salons, vets, dentists, nail salons, along with restaurants and apparel to a certain extent. This online E-commerce platform has allowed Amazon to build out a peripheral advertising business in search. The search component allows Amazon to promote it's own store brand product alongside the branded counterparts. Second, it's able to sell web page space to branded products. Google currently dominates the search game, but Amazon is in 2nd place and stealing market share. Finally, Amazon has rolled out a wonderful product called Subscribe and Save. Within this platform, Amazon is able to offer 15%-20% savings on everyday commodity items in exchange for a commitment to purchase at a monthly frequency (and it can be cancelled at any time.) What Amazon has discovered is that subscription purchases are relatively sticky. In exchange for a soft commitment from consumers that is relatively stable and predictable, Amazon can actually lower the cost of goods to the consumer. In turn, they are also able to optimize logistically for these sales as they can plan far in advance for them. Second, this allows them to relay demand information to other merchants as well. Example: Amazon can remit data to Tide, and let them know how many pods they expect to need in the coming months based on subscription commitments. Both Tide and Amazon are able to lower CoGS because they have more time to plan for those costs. Furthermore, if you have an Amazon Credit Card through Chase bank, you get an additional 3%-5% all purchase at Amazon & Whole Foods. The combination of all of these benefits as a platform amounts is an incredibly compelling value proposition to consumers. As of June this year Amazon has accumulated 105 Million Prime Memberships in the United States, and it is the largest paid subscriber base of any company in the United States period. One of the luxuries I enjoy in my occupation is that my employer has a very long investment time horizon & high risk tolerance. What this allows is for us to kick back, put our feet on the table and think about what the world will look like in 10 years and how we'd consider being a part of it. So here's a thought experiment, what do you think the retail experience for consumers looks like in a decade? Here's my prediction. Consumer's buy the vast majority of the things they need online, and they receive it within a few hours to a day, and they're spending less than ever before on what they need. This is already happening, and It's grabbed the attention of people like Jim Cramer, as well as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Albeit, E-Commerce is relatively small for now, but the rapid transformation is already causing ripple effects across retail. In 10 years, my thesis is that E-commerce becomes the largest component of total retail sales and Amazon remains the largest component of that segment, as it is today. Additionally, they probably steal share and grow at a faster pace than E-commerce as a whole, as they have done over the last several years. Personal anecdote: I'm sitting here in my home office wearing Amazon branded Jeans. I've got 10+ Amazon branded undershirts upstairs, along with 5+ pairs of Amazon Synthetic Golf Shorts. In my house, we've got Amazon branded batteries, note cards & printer paper, detergent pods, echo devices, cameras and more all over the place. There's more too, but I'm not going to list it all. In my experience, what they make is just as good if not better than the branded counterpart, and they do it for less, often a lot less. And I got tired of hyperlinking, so if you're curious, go to amazon.com and start looking around for these products. Even more, as of now my wife and I spend +$250/mo on subscribe and save items we need for our household, this includes baby formula, diapers and wipes, detergent, shampoo and soap, trash bags, dog food, paper towels and more. We use the 5% back credit card and blended save close to 20% on these daily items we need. In conclusion, on E-Commerce, I expect Amazon to dominate the next decade in retail. They have a massive competitive advantage over other retailers engaged in an omni-channel strategy, therefore it's their game to lose. Furthermore, their competitive edge today will compound into the future and amount to further share gains and a wider moat in years to come. Cloud Computing: What is this industry, how does Amazon fit in the picture, and why is it such a big deal? Again, to understand Amazon you'll have to understand what Cloud Computing is. This is not an everyday consumer product/service, therefore it's foreign to most individuals. Second, because the transactions and services are business to business (B2B) it's relatively difficult to determine detailed industry characteristics. What may come as a surprise to you, is it's the most profitable business segment (on a NOPAT basis) and it's also their fastest growing segment. Cloud computing is the service of providing storage, services, databases, software, security, analytics, artificial intelligence and infrastructure through the internet. There was a time when most businesses built their own server racks, and maintained their own infrastructure. Amazon too did this for themselves in building out their own infrastructure to maintain their E-Commerce platform. In time, they naturally sold this service to other firms. So where does Amazon fit in now? From all indications cloud computing appears to be an arms race. The most recent estimates for market share vary depending on the research provider. The differences lie in what is being measured. There are multiple components of Cloud: PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS. By all accounts, Amazon Web Services is the clear market leader, but they aren't growing as fast as some of their well funded peers like Microsoft and Google. The available literature on Cloud Computing as a whole is vague. There are important questions to answer regarding structural advantage or lack thereof, who has the competitive edge, or what kind of moats have been built. Amazon's slowing growth rate in Cloud is concerning. Ramped spend in R&D + SG&A during the 2019 fiscal year is encouraging, and these investments will reduce erosion of market share. While Cloud remains Amazon's most profitable business segment for now, by revenue it's just ~12.5% of sales. Admittedly I am troubled by the amount of information I cannot obtain without significantly paying out of pocket. Nevertheless, given the relative size of this business, I'm comfortable putting the pencil down on AWS for now, and watching the industry closely going forward. Other Business Segments: Amazon has other business segments like their own B&M retail stores including Whole Foods, it's 4 star retail chain as well as it's cashierless Amazon Go stores. All of these combined are worth little compared to the market cap, while interesting.. they are insignificant in determining Amazon's value as a business. What is Amazon worth today? Herein lies the problem for analysts when the look at Amazon. The most commonly used methods for determining value are off the charts, for the most part Amazon looks like lighting money on fire. https://preview.redd.it/dibyk15zd2a41.png?width=1703&format=png&auto=webp&s=5a153f948f0ac119192ce2089388db00b27850d2 A simple value oriented investor looks at a trailing P/E of 84.19 and thinks why would I wait 84 years to get paid back? https://preview.redd.it/wfxbhmi5f2a41.png?width=1689&format=png&auto=webp&s=f2764cc6c777a9cae6907decd54b482fc4e76531 Of course, that's too myopic, and value oriented investors who take that approach, quickly learn trailing P/E is the key to building a portfolio of value traps. More sophisticated investors like Joel Greenblatt might recommend using something like ROIC to gauge how much Amazon benefits from reinvesting and building out it's own business. The problem with that approach is that ROC, ROCE, and ROIC all use some form of GAAP earnings (either NOPAT or EBIT) to backsolve for this return number. If you look at Amazon's Income Statement, and dissect why net income is what it is there's a good reason why most value metrics/ratios don't work for Amazon. They are investing ~3x NOPAT and 60% of Gross profit into R&D. SG&A tells a similar story. What is R&D anyways? One time costs to develop and build out a business. What is SG&A, variable manpower with a significantly lagged ROI when ramped more than 20% YoY. https://preview.redd.it/iri3zqpqg2a41.png?width=890&format=png&auto=webp&s=20dce3cde510556b96ce27bce8f7666def4ec6dd What dawned on me months ago is this.. what if Amazon cut it's R&D to 0, and didn't touch SG&A? P/E TTM drops to ~20x. What happens to sales growth then? It slows.. and eventually converges with GDP, and then falls beyond that. The story of what Amazon's business is, especially E-Commerce, helps shed light on how long it'd take for Amazon's growth to converge with GDP, when they're on the cutting edge of the knife, and most other competitors remain far behind. What do other institutions believe Amazon is worth? https://preview.redd.it/pfcba6x8j2a41.png?width=482&format=png&auto=webp&s=cef634979c696b6739941fb820c0c35c83a92219 There are 45 Wallstreet Analysts covering the stock. On average, their price target is 2170. Based on the share price today, if they're right, you can expect a 15% return. What if the bears are right? You'll lose ~2% rounding down. And the bulls? the highest estimate is 2550, and represents a 35% premium on the stock. Here's what Morningstar thinks: https://preview.redd.it/foeir3exj2a41.png?width=598&format=png&auto=webp&s=f928f1ffedd9da988b92a93795bda232617ab14f Keep in mind, the last price is a bit dated. Let's pretend Morningstar is right, I like them more than most analysts. You can expect a 22% return. I don't like wall street analysts, if I did, I wouldn't do this, and I'd just follow their guidance. They are often right, but can be very wrong at times. The problem with wall street analysts is that they are subject to herding, as well as many other behavioral biases and sometimes conflicts of interest. But assuming they're right, this is an asymmetric long to take, with significant upside today. I have an estimate for fair value as well. This involves taking the current growth rate for amazon as well as the mean estimate of earnings two years out. However, instead of earnings, I like mean cash flow per share, because it remains undistorted by GAAP adjustments. Here are the current cash flow per share estimates: https://preview.redd.it/gfp92jv3l2a41.png?width=773&format=png&auto=webp&s=171a089e394d6f482348d9275f7f6494ef5c9aa8 Here is my valuation model: https://preview.redd.it/fx4o28ngl2a41.png?width=1694&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4f76fa5c1c539032d9b13f51f7ca41793fb4b34 Bottom left in yellow: that is the implied value of AMZN shares today, based on the discounted free cash flows. Bottom middle with a red circle around it, those are my assumptions for long term growth rate and EPS 2 years out.. so TTM 2021 cash flows. This would imply a 63% upside on the share price today. Now, I don't think anyone is getting 63% today, for AMZN shares. Admittedly I'd be surprised if you got ~$3100 for AMZN shares in a year. Unfortunately.. this business will probably continue to be misunderstood like it has been for many years until they're done reinvesting a significant portion of their gross profit into building the infrastructure that expands their business. However, that cash flow number will become remarkably close to EPS with R&D turned off. When it does, share price will rocket. Instead of this becoming a one time event, I expect convergence will be gradual over time, which makes it a long term hold. More on valuation: I was disappointed but not surprised to find I'm not the only one thinking about valuation in this way. The authors take is similar to mine, and he comes to a similar conclusion as well: ~20x P/E TTM. I've gone through everything the VIC has to say about AMZN and most everything should be available to you as non-members as it is dated. I found message 109 especially compelling: https://preview.redd.it/szf11hc1n2a41.png?width=1221&format=png&auto=webp&s=1dd8d198a4b5b663fe94e605f38bea9479060e38 In Conclusion: I recommend Amazon stock as a long term investment. I believe this is one of the best value propositions available in this market. Regardless of the broader stock market, the secular trends within retail are significant tailwinds to Amazons largest business segment. Disclaimer: This document is entirely my own work, outside of linked/pictured information above which has been cited. I own a significant amount of AMZN stock personally. I am not responsible for your gains or losses. I may add more information to this document in the future. Furthermore, feel free to share this write up as you see fit. Please don't share this on Wall Street Bets. Addendum (1/14/20): The most significant risk to this business is political. The election of either Warren or Sanders in November of this year would most certainly affect valuation for this business in the near term. Whether Amazon is actually harmed by political interference is another story. For now, it appears the odds that either of these candidates receives the nomination is significantly below 50%, furthermore, as of now it appears they would be significantly disadvantaged against the orange man. Consider this tail risk. |
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Does it ever scare you that you'll die due to your obesity? My father is 50 years old and while he's not morbidly obese, he's very overweight and it scares me to death that one day soon he'll have a heart attack, get diabetes, or maybe something worse. How do you cope with it? Why is it so difficult to get in the gym and eat healthier? I know its very difficult because I'm a bit overweight as well, but isn't the thought of dying motivation enough? | It scares me to death, pun intended. ;) |
Honestly I know that I'm going to die, probably young. I hate it and I'm working very hard right now to lose weight. I've been hitting /loseit and /keto for the past year and they have guided me to a complete weight loss of about 40 pounds. I am proud to have achieved this thanks to reddit's help even if its only a fraction of what I need to lose. | |
It is difficult to eat healthier because I am a food addict. It is difficult to get to them gym because I can barely stand up, much less walk, much less exercise. For a very long time I didn't care if I lived or died. reddit has helped me turn that around, but so has my fiance who has literally done a lot of the work for me and has also helped me find the motivation I was lacking. | |
But I am fighting as hard as I can to live for as long as I can and overcome these obstacles. | |
I wish you and your father the best of health and the best of life and thanks for your question. | |
How has the weight loss being going? Plus what diet are you on? | Currently praying at the temple of /keto and it has done wonders for me. I've only lost about 21 pounds since I started keto 7 weeks ago, but I'm very happy with that. Not bad considering i'm not in any shape to exercise very much. |
Best part about keto is that my food addiction is tempered at the moment. I'm not desperate to eat 24/7 in fact I think about food less and less each day. I don't know about any magic behind ketosis but I know I sure eat a lot less while on this diet and its paying off quickly. | |
Just don't quit when you plateau. There's a lot of science behind keto and it works, it's not a fad. It's a lifestyle. You WILL pleateau, but DON'T. STOP. Just chug water and keep on keepin on. Water intake is vital. It's how you piss out the fat. | I wont stop I PROMISE :D. |
Hello, It's great to hear that you gave keto a shot. I was one of the people that PM'd you via youtube to recommend keto when one of your videos hit reddit. Have your read Taube's "Why people get fat and what to do about it"? or take a look at this video of a Taubes lecture | Great resources will check them out! |
The "magic" of ketosis is basically your body isn't taking in carbs so it needs to turn fat into carbs (glucose) which your body can use. Really, it's no different than regular lower-calorie eating, but it's all about what works for you. Good luck! | Well its definately working for me! |
Ever try taking natural appetite suppressants before? | I have not, but not sure if they'd work. |
Thank you, do you exercise much or is it just the diet? | I do some weight lifting at home but its still very limited what I can do. So right now its primarily the diet! |
What about walking? What's limited? | My right knee is almost entirely blown and in order to stand on it i have to be jacked up on pain meds. It would have a hard time carrying 250 pounds much less 500. So Instead I lift weights in a chair and hope to be strong enough to get back into the pool again. |
Will you record a wakeup signal for me using your smooth voice? | YES! I've saved this comment so I can come back and post you something on soundcloud later this week! |
Haha, you rock! | Link to soundcloud.com |
Could I have a Francis "Leave a Message" for my voice mail? :D. | Yup! |
This reminds me of that Magmaflower video to his girlfriend. | Check THIS out: Link to www.youtube.com |
Why do you do it? | Originally I started creating videos because I have always wanted to be in broadcasting entertainment. I took a lot of acting classes, did debate in highschool and wanted to entertain. |
Youtube gave me an outlet to do that and people really enjoyed it. Eventually I started receiving money for doing this so now I am getting paid to do exactly what I always wanted to do with my life. :) | |
How do you deal with the fact that people aren't laughing with you, they're laughing at you? Most people I know who have seen your videos think you're the fat, angry nerd on youtube. | Its actually pretty easy. |
I've been laughed at my ENTIRE life. Its nothing new. At home/work/school/life. So its easy for me to shrug that stuff off. its been a constant presence throughout every second of my existence. its background noise to me now. | |
But there ARE a lot of people who have learned to like me, or even love me. When most people 'figure it out' they feel endeared and give me a chance to get to know me through my personal vlogs and things. | |
I feel like I help change people's hearts and minds about myself, about stereotypes, and about the obese. Some people aren't ready for a change or don't care to change and that's ok too. Let them laugh at me, maybe one day they'll laugh with me :) | |
If it helps, I laugh AT your character, Francis, in the same way I laugh at Michael Scott from the Office or anyone similar to your character. I think that now, 99% of the people are laughing at your character and not you. | Its why I've moved on to other topics besides wow, so people can get more jokes :) |
As a former victim of bullying myself (although I'm sure not nearly as bad as you say "abuse survivor," I know that sometimes it doesn't matter, but I wanted to say that I laugh at Francis but I really respect what you do and it's fantastic you're doing what you love. | And yeah the abuse stuff.. i've talked about it before but I was getting it at school but mostly at home. My home life was awful. Its... yeah. :( |
Also I stopped playing WoW and I don't get the jokes anymore =( | But man thanks for being a fan! |
Have you ever considered branching out into other forms of media like film and television? Or even voice-acting in games? Sidenote: why hasn't Francis commented yet on being referenced in Borderlands 2? | I have and I've politely asked lots of people in the industry for a chance. I've not really been given a great one yet which stinks. My weight is holding me back. I had a shot at a show about youtubers earlier this year but was unable to participate because of my weight/size. It sucked. |
As for "Kai" in borderlands 2, I really do think its a reference to francis but unfortunately cannot get confirmation from gearbox. If I ever get confirmation I will go public. | |
There is also a 'francis' npc in the new world of warcraft expansion which I believe to be a reference to me (he is a panda, after all). But without confirmation I don't share it because I don't want to sound like an idiot ;) | |
What's the hardest part of being a full time youtuber? Is the overall job easy compared to other jobs? | For me my work day looks like this: Wake up, eat breakfast, brainstorm and play some games while I figure out what I'm filming. Go into filming, create then edit. Once I'm done editing reshoot anything that needs it and/or decide to upload it. That's 5 days a week. |
I also spend all day answering tweets and emails. This is the hardest part. I don't want anyone to feel left out or hurt by me not responding and there are 200-300 people a day so I could never possibly keep up. its heart breaking because some of the things people want to share are personal and painful and it keeps me up at night knowing I might miss one. | |
Compared to the other jobs I've had: Security at the local college, washing dishes in a mexican resturant, an web design; Its easier than those. I hated answering to a single boss. Now I have to answer to the entire youtube community though. So its kind of a trade off. | |
The real joy is I've always wanted to entertain for a living and now here I am doing what I love. So it doesnt FEEL like work even though I put in my 40 hours. | |
Awesome. You know that you should try and get into doing voiceovers for cartoons. Francis and his friends are AMAZING! | That is my 'end game'. :) |
Boogie! Fat Guy Eating McDonalds is LITERALLY my favorite youtube video of all time. I laugh my ass off every time I watch it. I also really enjoy your videos with commentary on subjects like abuse and bullying. It's great to see someone be able to be funny but also be able to share their personal opinions on serious matters in a helpful way. What style do you enjoy more? What gives you more gratification? Funny videos or serious ones? | People truly love that video about me eating french fries. boggles my mind ;) |
I think I really enjoy both videos equally for the creation process. But the reaction that the helpful videos get is much more rewarding. I love hearing from people that I have helped or inspired in some way and its truly the advice/onthetopic/story videos that achieve that. So they are slightly ahead of the comedic ones ;) | |
What are some youtuber's that you originally or still look up to? And also, you mentioned awhile ago you loved Louie, what comedians do you think are the best? | Youtubers that inspire me: Dan bull who is amazing. Ray William Johnson who is 'kind of a hack' but also helped me get my start in the business. Toby Turner whose success amazes me even if I don't know how I feel about him as a person. Shaycarl for his amazing weight loss. SuperEd86 for being crazy. Makemebad35 for being crazy. College Humor for their amazing original comedy. |
Comedians: George Carlin whose cynical views on life helped me shape my own. Louie whose views on life continue where george left off. Sam Kinison who taught me that everything is fair game and nothing is sacred. He also taught me its ok to be angry. Chris Farley and John Candy who served as role models of a sort; They proved that I could be fat and still be successful in my desired field. | |
Thank you very much for all the great videos. I just recently found your youtube page, and I have spent the last few days trying to "catch up". You are truly an inspiration for people who don't have the most pleasant of backgrounds of family history. | With 600 videos good luck catching up on that! |
What do you consider the most important aspect of a video game, as far as graphics, story, characters, etc. ? Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing more videos! | I think the most important aspect of a game is the gameplay itself. If its not fun to do then the game isnt fun. Story, graphics, etc... if the mechanics of the game are not enjoyable then the game is not enjoyable. Story, characters, graphics are all just housing for the actual game play. |
How do you deal with anger? You seem to have a large amount of traumatic past experiences and that leads me to believe that you had your share of deep anger issues. Do you have any advice on how to deal with anger going out of control. Lately, I have been losing my temper too often and suddenly. Also are you familiar with bigmastadon, bigred04101, or sean fausz? | The way I originally dealt with it was by eating myself to death. No joke, I'd be angry or miserable and I'd calm myself down by swallowing all of those feelings then putting a whole cheescake on top. I do not recommend this method. But I do believe "Time heals all wounds" and that may be true. But meeting my loving and supportive fiance was really the nail in the coffin for all of that garbage. She saved me. I will always love her for it. |
When you're playing Mtg, what deck(s) do you like to play? | I tend to play some sort of 'aggro' deck. I prefer white weenie and/or token strategies but will also play mono red or red variants for the burn. I just want to kill people as fast as possible with small creatures that are annoying for some reason. |
You get cooler nearly every time you answer a question. 'cept for the Halo love, but you're forgiven. ;) | Hey what can I say, some of my favorite times was lan parties playing halo 1 :) |
Hey Boogie - | I'm glad people are reacting to the francis vlogs! i am hoping that it becomes a 'thing'. :) |
How exactly did you meet your fiance? Was it love at first sight? I met my fiance online too, and sometimes their can be a stigma that goes along with that. Do you ever feel that--people judging you for meeting the love of your life online? | She wrote me on myspace and I looked at her profile and I just thought "I'd love to be with a woman like this. I never will be though." |
But after writing back and forth for a while I realized it was meant to be. When we met in real life for the first time it confirmed it. | |
I don't care if people judge me or not about meeting online. I'm just so glad I met her and I'm so glad that there WAS someone for me afterall. I had begun to doubt it after 35 years of being alone. | |
You make a lot of great videos, which would you say is your personal favorite? And why? | My personal favorite is this one: Link to www.youtube.com |
It was my most ambitious project and it worked very well. People have responded to it and it proved that I could create a story and tell it and make people feel. | |
I also feel this video is very important: Link to www.youtube.com | |
It has had a wonderful impact on people who have bullied or been bullied and I get a lot of email because of it. I think its helped make the world just a tiny, tiny bit better. | |
What do you think of the large green reply button? Oh man… there's a large red edit button too… I had to push it. | Its green as hell and makes it super easy to click on! I bet Al Gore loves it too! |
Now, Ive seen you tweet recently about Borderlands 2 and how you like it, thats alright and all. I think its shit, but whatever. To give us all a frame of reference or some shit, what are your like top 5 games of all time? | Top 5 games of all time? Hrmmm. |
No particular order: Original Zelda on the NES Super Mario World (SNES) pac-man aracde and its variants Borderlands 1 and 2 (RPG shooters? yes please) Fall out 3 (and new vegas) Elder scroll series of games, specifically skyrim Everquest World of Warcraft. | |
I know that's more than 5 but its just some of the games that really show you what I love :) | |
Has being on Youtube changed your life? | Since I started youtubeing I have. |
1) earned the income I need to survive and prosper 2) met the love of my life through youtube and have become engaged to her and have lived with her for the past 2 years 3) used it as a theraputic outlet that helped me overcome the suicidal thoughts and arrested social developement that came with my abuse survival 4) used it as a weight loss tool by creating a weight loss channel 5) met a few hundred thousand people who are really quite awesome. | |
So yes. Very much so. | |
I keep reading how you met your fiancee through youtube but I don't think I've ever heard the story behind it. Make a video about it? | She saw a video in which I talked about suicide and abuse survival. She wrote me to talk to me about her friend having chosen suicide a year before. We spoke about it at great length. |
Things were very complicated and we both felt like it would be impossible for us to be together but there was clearly something there. It took about 6 months for us to get our shit together so we could finally meet up and when she flew down to meet me we discovered that what we had thought was there really was. | |
We were living together about 3 months later. after 2 years of that we were engaged. | |
I had never believed in 'the one' until I met her. Now I know that at least for me, there was definately a 'right one'. | |
Isn't it the most awesome feeling ever :D. | Indeed it is! |
Still playing Borderlands 2? Find any sick loot to share? :) | No sick loot, just started farming with a level 50 axton/commander. I got me a hell of a sniper rifle though from my last warrior kill! |
Are you getting Halo 4? | I probably will, though it will be the first time I booted up my xbox in a year. I will play it though for 'review' purposes and for the storyline! |
Oh, oh, also, because you do videos on Magic and shit I recently got involved again (havent actually played in 6 or so years), and I think the whole planeswalker thing is insane, and the new decks are OP. | My favorite deck ever was monoblack discard with Hymn to Tourach and Mind twist back in the day... |
Soo, what is your favourite deck/period in magic? | So fun to just shut people completely out of the game on turn 2. |
Dude, you're boss. Just sayin' you're the coolest guy ever. A few questions, what is your favorite music/band? Also is that one video where you smashed that Xbox real or did you fake it? What games would you recommend to a guy who doesn't like rpg? | My favorite band? Cake! Also my favorite food ;) |
The xbox smash is real, but we did really smash a redringing xbox. I'd already had a backup and was ready to kill the broken one. | |
If you don't like RPG's and want a game to play? Hmm. League of Legends! Its amazing! | |
Did you throw up after eating that jar of mayonnaise for charity? Ps I laughed so much when you destroyed your xbox :D. | It wasnt actually mayo it was vanilla pudding! but yes, I still threw up a little of it. :( |
Hey man, I really like your channel and I think it's really cool that you can produce comic videos while also being able to make some really deep ones. | I'm worried about dragon age 3 but hoping it will be great! |
Have you seen the new update on dragon age 3? If so, what were your thoughts? Also, what’s the weirdest request you've gotten from a fan? | Weirdest request? "get naked and oil yourself up and slap your man tits together" about sums it up. |
What was your first games console? | An atari 2600. I loved that stupid thing. |
Will you ever come to England and be my friend IRL!? | I dunno if I'll be in england any time soon but if I am you can buy me a pint... of diet soda. |
I would recommend a pint of water, it's the best tasting fluid in existence and is good for your health. | Its what i'm drinking now! |
Ok, good, you know were checking what you're consuming. Don't try to cheat on that diet, we're watching. | I promise thanks to /keto its bacon and cheese from here on out! |
Boogie! Big fan! :) Been a loyal sub since I found one of your WoW videos a couple of years ago! How's it going? :) | Everything is going great! Losing a lot of weight recently, I am engaged to be married to the love of my life on september 28th 2013 and youtube is doing better than ever! |
I do miss wow though. | |
No problem! Having a slightly awesome mark out moment at the fact you replied :P Do you ever plan on doing any games with subs? Such as on XBL? :) Ps. You have a lot of fans over here in England. It would be awesome if you could come over, eventually! | Too many subs want to play games w/me so I really can't play with them all. but one day I hope to be able to do like a 'meet and greet' of some sort! |
Awesome! :) How do all us fans in the UK get the boogie-love? D: | Maybe we'll do an 'in game' meet and greet! |
Have you made any adjustments to your gaming rig recently? What games have you been playing recently? | I havent changed my rig in about 6 months. Hope to buy a new pc soon though, but I'm waiting for SSD prices to drop. Recently its been borderlands 2 24/7. This past couple of months has been fantastic for new games! Guild wars 2, Mists of Pandaria, Torch light 2, Borderlands 2! |
What do you think of the new additions and changes in MoP? I also recommend runescape as the best game for grinding levels and for having some great MIDI tracks. | I haven't rolled a panda yet but so far MOP looks fantastic! |
Hi Boogie, I'm a big fan of you and your alter egos ;) I wanted to ask how and where did you meet your fiancée? | She wrote me on myspace about 3 years ago after viewing my youtube videos! We talked for quite some time and about 6 months later we met in person. We knew it was meant to be and changed our worlds to be together. Best decision I ever made. :) |
How nervous were you when you first met her IRL? I'd be shitting heaps :D. | I did in fact shit heaps, as did she. I was in shock. It worked out well though :D. |
I love your videos! Your Star Wars light saber bit a couple years ago is THE funniest video I have ever seen on the Internet. Are you ever recognized in public? | I love that star wars one and I hope to recapture the magic again for this christmas! |
I have been recognized in public about 2 dozen times and i LOVE IT EVERY SINGLE TIME :) | |
What would you consider your best video? | My best video? Hrmm. Link to www.youtube.com |
Has anyone ever noticed you in real life? Did they respond positively? Negatively? | Everyone that has ever recognized me in real life, a couple of dozen, have been wonderful. Some of my favorite moments is THOSE moments. |
What's your favorite game of all time? Table-top and computer. | Tabletop games, I love Magic: the gathering with my whole heart. My wallet and my garage storage space can confirm this. magic changed my life! I created a vlog about it that's on my channel if you want more information about that. |
CURRENT favorite game is borderlands 2; But my all time favorite was pacman. Was the first real arcade game I ever played and it blew me away. turned me onto the world of what 'video games' could be. Life long addict ever since. Though the original zelda for the NES had an equal impact and I often say its my favorite ;) | |
Boogie, how do you feel about doing more Magic The Gathering videos? | I really love doing them and I try to do them from time to time. but the audience for it is small and I dont want to run off the audience I do have that doesnt care about magic. :( |
EDIT: Also, would you mind making a voicemail for me? | And yeah i'll save your comment and try to get you an outgoing message! |
Like just saying some random shit as francis about leaving a message for Seth? | Link to soundcloud.com |
What are you're thoughts on Assassins Creed 3? | I'm interested for sure. Bought the assassin's creed collection on steam to prepare! |
Assassin's Creed 2 is one of the best games of all time (along with Bioshock which you tweeted you were just now playing too!) You have so much to prepare for boogie woogie. | I can't wait! |
Will you come to Kansas City and play Magic at my LGS? | I might one day. I've been to kansas city many times for ptq's and such :) |
Do you think Youtube is now more competitive than ever in terms of it being hard to make a living? If someone were to start a Youtube channel from scratch, how hard would it be to make a living nowadays from it? How many hours do you work per week on your channel? | Youtube is very competitive now. It takes an 'edge' to get ahead. You've got to be able to generate your own traffic to start. From there, sky is the limit though. |
I think its possible to make a living if you've got the ability to find traffic! | |
Have you seen Bad Lip Reading on you tube? If so, which one's your favorite? I love "More Mitt": Link to www.youtube.com. | I love his songs the most! the Gotye parody was spot on! Link to www.youtube.com |
Y'ever kill a man for his shoes? | I sucked a dick for coke. does that count? |
If you could recommend for me to get one game for Christmas, what would it be? and what are you getting your fiancée for christmas? | The fiance is probably getting a tablet of some sort. Kindle fire, galaxy nexus, ipad mini. She loves technology and I think she'd love both of these especially when she's working out. I'll also fly her home for christmas to see her family (or maybe we'll drive so I can see them too!) |
If I could say 1 game... well it'd be one of these: Torchlight 2 if you're on a budget and like those action rpgs. Mists of pandaria if you play wow, or guild wars 2 if you want a new mmo. Borderlands 2 if you like shooters with some RPG elements. | |
But yeah. Borderlands 2. Its amazing. | |
Obama or Romney? | Obama. Its not even that I like his economic policies (I do) its just that I believe if the country is going to hell we should at least have some civil rights in this country before its gone. |
Not to mention my 50,000 dollars worth of health care debt that's destroying my life ;) | |
Obama. Don't even need to think about that one ;) | |
What's the best advice you can give someone who is looking into breaking out in the live streaming gaming scene and youtube stuff ? | To watch this video: Link to www.youtube.com |
I remember that when I watched your first video, I had some serious suspicions and wasn't able to confirm it to myself until I watched a couple more. So I would imagine that people often mistake Francis as a real person. How often do people email you after failing to see that you're portraying a character? What is your general reaction when you read those kinds of emails, and do you often respond to them as yourself or as Francis? | People email me calling me a 'fat nerd go get out of the house xbox fag fatty nerd worthless fatty' |
I just laugh and shrug it off, hoping they figure it out. | |
Then they sometimes email me back apologizing because they see a 'real' video. Those I reply to and say "glad to see you come around." then remind them why I do it: to help break people's perceptions. | |
I remember when my friend first showed me a Francis video. I laughed my ass off and was hooked. Took me awhile to convince this douche sausage that you were acting. When you smashed the Xbox up I actually pissed myself a little! | Youtube tells us that we're not supposed to talk about exact numbers so I don't. But here's what I will say. |
Now for a question!! | I tend to get about 2-3 million views a month. A youtuber can anywhere as low as 1.00 per 1000 views and as much as 4.00 per 1000 views depending on a lot of factors; time of year, numbers of clicks, etc. |
I know I could google this, but I figure why not just ask. You say you make a living from youtube, how much money is making a living for you? | So i can safely say I am comfortable and on the lower end of the middle class. |
So Boogie. How is life? (Not a rhetorical question) | So far so good. Its getting better every single day and I couldnt be happier! |
I fucking love you, if i ever met you in person could i kiss you on the lips? | POSSIBLY. BUT NOT IF YOU'VE EATEN GARLIC. EWW. |
Excuse me while I fanboy for a moment. Just wondering if you still be getting any other big games coming out at the end of this year and is there anything you are really excited for? Thanks from one of your Australian viewers. | I try to make a point to buy all the games coming out and at least try them in case they make me want to create new content. you name it, I'm gonna at least try it. |
Game i'm looking forward to the most right now is halo 4 I think :D. | |
Why do you always hog the bed? | Because I'm large and you're tiny! You only need a fraction of the bed! |
Because I am huge and you are tiny! | |
Where did you get the idea for Francis? | From working in a gaming store for about a year. I got an idea of the kinds of folks who came in and what their weird personality quirks were like and just combined them to create 'the perfect storm' |
How much is your Total played on all of your characters in World of Warcraft? Btw, you have a really nice beard. | I'm not really sure but in everquest I did surpass 1 year (365 days). In warcraft I think its around 200 days. |
I like the reality show style of the Francis videos like the Xbox, Easter, and the aforementioned Mountain Dew video. I think they bring more entertainment to the character as opposed to your regular "vlog" style that you use for nearly all of you videos, including some character videos. In the future will we see some more reality style videos for Francis? | I think as I get more physically fit and more capable of filming things like this, you'll see a LOT more of it :) |
I really enjoyed the Francis Vlog. How much more of those can we expect? | I've written a plotline that'll take 6-10 episodes to tell. From there, if it performs, we'll make a second season :) |
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